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Measurements > Atmosphere >
Trace gases (excluding ozone) >
CO Tropospheric Column
  | Measurement Definition*: 2D field of total amount of CO molecules per unit area in an atmospheric column extending from the Earth’s surface to the tropopause. CO = Carbon monoxide. Requested from surface to low stratosphere (layers: LT, HT, LS) + Total column - Measuring Units molecules.cm-2, Uncertainty Units %, Physical unit [ ppm ], Accuracy unit [ % ]
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* Description adapted from WMO.
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